Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management, with CD (2013-2014)

Author: Jae K. Shim; Joel G. Siegel; Nick Dauber
Publisher: CCH U.S.
ISBN: 9780808033745
Published In: June 2013
Format: Paperback + CD-ROM , 1648 pages
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CCH's Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management is a comprehensive source of practical solutions, strategies, techniques, procedures, and formulas covering all key aspects of accounting and financial management. Its examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions, and other practical working tools simplify complex financial management issues and give CFOs, corporate financial managers, and controllers quick answers to day-to-day questions.

The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

This edition also includes a free, back-of-the book CD-ROM containing searchable PDFs of each chapter, along with the following Excel forms:

Capital Budgeting: Advice of Project Change Form
Capital Budgeting: Appropriation Request Form
Capital Budgeting: Economic Feasibility Study for a New Information System
Capital Budgeting: Initial Cash Outlay and Operating Costs Checklist for a New Information System
Capital Budgeting: Lease Versus Purchase Evaluation Report
Capital Budgeting: Project Application Form
Internal Control: Internal Control Assessment Form
Internal Control: Computer Applications
Checklist: Medium to Large Business
Internal Control: Financial Reporting Information Systems and Controls Checklist — Medium to Large Business
Variance Analysis: Daily Labor Mix Report
Variance Analysis: Daily Material Usage Report by Week
Variance Analysis: Labor Performance Report
Variance Analysis: Monthly Material Variance Report
Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Regional Sales Manager
Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Vice-President

The 2013 -2014 edition of the Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management contains 60 chapters covering the following topic areas:

Responsibilities of the Controller
SEC Reporting
Controller's Reports
Information Technology Applications, including

Chapters on database management Systems and the client/server environment
Using computers in Financial decision making
XBRL
Cloud computing
Wireless Technology

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including

Financial statement Reporting
Accounting and disclosures
Interim and segmental Reporting

Management Accounting, including

Product costing Systems and classifications
Joint products and by-products
Analysis of cost behavior
Cost-volume-profit Analysis and leverage
Cost allocation
Contribution margin Analysis for nonroutine decisions
Budgeting and Financial modeling
Using Variance Analysis
Improving management Performance
ABC
JIT
TQM
Decision making in corporate Financial management

Internal Auditing and Control, including

Internal audit of Financial statement accounts
Internal audit function and Internal Control
Forensic Accounting

Financial and Risk Analysis and Financial Forecasting, including

Financial statement Analysis
Managing Analysis of operations
Controlling revenue and Costs
Managing and analyzing Risk
Reengineering and outsourcing the Business
Derivative products and Financial engineering
Mergers and acquisitions
Divestiture
Business strategies and shareholder value Analysis
Financial and earnings Forecasting
Cash flow Forecasting and Cash Budgeting
Forecasting corporate Financial distress
Corporate valuations

Liquidity and Treasury, including

Management of working Capital and Cash
Accounts receivable
Investory
Corporate investments in securities
Portfolio diversification and Risk management
Short- and long-term financing
Term loans and leasing
Warrants and convertibles
Cost of Capital and Capital structure decisions

Tax Preparation and Planning, including

Payroll taxes
How taxes affect Business decisions

Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is a financial consultant to several companies and Professor of Accounting and Finance at California State University in Long Beach. Dr. Shim has 40 books to his credit and has published more than 50 articles in accounting and financial journals.

Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is a self-employed certified public accountant and professor of accounting at Queens College of the City University of New York. Previously, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen. Dr. Siegel has acted as a consultant in accounting to many organizations, including Citicorp, International Telephone and Telegraph, United Technologies, American Institute of CPAs, and Person-Wolinsky Associates. He is the author of 68 books and 300 articles on accounting topics. Dr. Siegel was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator of America Award and has served as chairperson of the National Oversight Board.

Nick Dauber, MS, CPA, is an accounting practitioner with client responsibilities primarily in auditing and taxation. His prior experience includes service as an audit and tax manager at a CPA firm. He is also an Instructor of Auditing and Taxation at Queens College of the City University of New York and was a lecturer and writer in auditing and taxation for Person-Wolinsky Associates.